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Toronto Marlies Notebook: Maple Leafs of Future Past

By Mike Stephens

LAVAL, QC - NOVEMBER 01: Nikita Soshnikov
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LAVAL, QC – NOVEMBER 01: The Toronto Marlies celebrate their victory against the Laval Rocket during the AHL game at Place Bell on November 1, 2017 in Laval, Quebec, Canada. The Toronto Marlies defeated the Laval Rocket 3-0. (Photo by Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images)
LAVAL, QC – NOVEMBER 01: The Toronto Marlies celebrate their victory against the Laval Rocket during the AHL game at Place Bell on November 1, 2017 in Laval, Quebec, Canada. The Toronto Marlies defeated the Laval Rocket 3-0. (Photo by Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images) /

With the Toronto Maple Leafs currently enjoying four days without a game, there’s no better time for another Toronto Marlies Notebook!

This team has been rolling, Chamillionaire-style lately. Not only do the Marlies find themselves first in their division, six points up on the second place Laval Rocket, but they also sit atop the entire American Hockey League as well.

This unrelenting dominance in the standings has distinctly resulted from three things:

  1. League-best goaltending, taken to a whole new level with Garret Sparks emerging as the AHL’s best goaltender.
  2. Unparallelled offensive depth, with the Marlies boasting a top-six comprised almost entirely of NHL-calibre talent.
  3. A mobile backend, where each player has not only acknowledged their specific role but executed it to perfection as well.

And yet, even in the face of dominance, the storylines surrounding this team are bountiful. It’s essentially a writers dream. Let’s hop in.

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